On Sunday, March 9th, we explored how important it is to claim our joy in the face of the challenging circumstances in our country right now – joy is so often the antidote to despair, and is necessary for us to find renewal and restoration. This morning, we take the next step and explore how … Continue reading Opening to Joy
With so much chaos in the world today, we are taking this Sunday to pray for, and to help ourselves find, some much needed peace. The Winchester Unitarian Society Choirs will be joined by a string quartet in this very special Music Sunday. Click here for: Sunday Worship Livestream New Online Visitors Sign-Up Click here for: Order … Continue reading Music Sunday
Despite some concern cultural stereotypes that history is about facts and dates, history is very much about the stories we tell about what happened. And who tells those stories, and what facts are included, very much shape our understandings of the past. This Sunday, as we prepare to look at WUS’s history through the lens … Continue reading Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story?
Have the political parties and the different parts of this country ever been as disconnected as they seem to be today? But even those disturbing disconnections pale in comparison to the chasms that still seem to exist between the different countries and cultures on our planet. As Unitarian Universalists we recognize that, perhaps now more … Continue reading Can we Connect? Some Reflections on E.M. Forster’s A Passage to India
We sometimes celebrate the power of saying “yes” – people write books and blogs about their experiences of trying to say “yes” as much as possible to everything. The power of “no” is less celebrated and yet equally important. The ability to say “no,” keep out the unwanted, and set boundaries, is actually fundamental to … Continue reading No, That’s Not Okay
Finding Joy in the Face of Darkness. There are a lot of bad things happening in our country right now, which is causing many of us a significant amount of anxiety and distress. We are still working out the best strategies for resistance – in the meantime, how do we stay resilient and keep our … Continue reading Resilience in Practice:
Love is one of those squishy words that can mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people, while also being used frequently by many of us assuming we mean the same thing. Our new Unitarian universalist shared values place love at the center – If love is at the center, we … Continue reading Love In Action
Everyone is invited to join us this Sunday wearing their pajamas for this special youth-led service, highlighting the need for intentional rest as a form of resistance. In this challenging time when some many of our beloveds are being intentionally targeted with hatred and violence, it can often feel like there is so much work … Continue reading Rest is Resistance
In Western culture our thinking and beliefs about God are often shaped by the predominance of the Christian understanding of God, which, like any singular perspective, can be limiting. In Islam, there are 99 names for God – join us as we explore some of these names, and consider what a broader understanding of divinity … Continue reading Virtual Service: The 99 Names of God
We are switching to a Zoom-only service because of the snow storm, and so instead of the youth-led service we had scheduled, or service this Sunday will reflect on how we find hope in the face of feeling hopeless, with all that is going on in our country and in the world. Click here for: … Continue reading Hope in the Face of Hopelessness
